Find California natives at ‘really big’ tiny plant sale

Find out farms, an urban farm in South Oak Park, will hold a ‘really big’ sale of really small California native plants this Saturday, Nov. 12.

The farm’s founder,  Matthew J. Ampersand, typically sells plants every Saturday morning, but this “flash sale,” he notes on Facebook, specifically features small starts that he’d rather sell than transplant to larger containers.

The tiny plants on sale will range from common yarrow and blue-eyed grass to California sagebrush and snowberry. 

How tiny is tiny? The pots are 2-1/4 inches square by 3 inches deep, with “very affordable” prices.

“They’re ready to be planted or potted up at the time of purchase,” Ampersand posted on the Facebook page for the Sacramento Native Plants and Wildlife Gardening Group. “Our goal is to make these plants available to a wide variety of gardeners and to offer some less common species at a price that makes it feel safe to take a little risk.”

Rain or shine, the sale will run from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday at the farm, 4712 Parker Ave., (Parker at Howard avenues), Sacramento

The sale will include some gallon-sized pots, too. There also will be a free seed swap box just for California native plants. And Hedgerow’s Central Valley Pollinator Seed Mix also will be available for purchase.

For more on find out farms, including its community fruit gleaning project, visit its Facebook page or go to findoutfarms.com